222 words come out when you unscramble DEXTRALLY, starting with DEXTRALLY itself: 20 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEXTRAL, DEXY and LAXLY lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DEXTRALLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
LAXLY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEXTRALLY at 15 points; next come AXLED and LAXED on 13. TRADE, EARLY and LATER will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from DEXTRALLY is DEXY, 15 points; XRAY on 14 and AXED on 12 follow. DATE, YEAR and READ are everyday picks.
YEX scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DEXTRALLY at 13 points, ahead of DEX and XED on 11. ARE, ALL and DAY are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DEXTRALLY for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
DEXTRALLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DEXTRALLY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTRALLY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 176 | 222 | 169 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: XRAY, LAXED, YEX, ELYTRAL, RAYLED, TEX, LALDY, LYTED, RAYLET, TELARY, YEARD, ADRY and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: DEXTRALLY, XED, RETALLY, YER, DELT, DA and TE.